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Bjorn Borg #1 def. Balazs Taroczy #24

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 22, 1979*
Tournament	Bastad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Balazs Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Balazs Taroczy
Country	SWE	HUN
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	May 9, 1954
Age	23	25
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	24
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,385	1,841
Career W-L	608–143	381–228
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 2 – 0 Balazs Taroczy

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1979	SF	Kjell Johansson	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1979	QF	Billy Martin	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1979	R16	Antonio Zugarelli	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1979	R32	Christophe Freyss	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Balazs Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1979	SF	Patrick Proisy	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1979	QF	Per Hjertquist	6-3 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1979	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-2 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1979	R32	Tenny Svensson	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data